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Interesting that the article specifically mentions that the solar panels feed and inverter first, and then power the refrigerator. There are refrigerators desi

Interesting that the article specifically mentions that the solar panels feed and inverter first, and then power the refrigerator. There are refrigerators designed to work directly off of 24V DC, which would seem to be a more logical choice. http://m.alibaba.com/showroom/24v-refrigerator-compressor.html http://m.alibaba.com/showroom/24v-refrigerator-compressor.ht... These are less common, though. Maybe cheaper commodity prices for AC-powered compressors offsets the additional inverter cost and efficiency losses?

warfangle 11y ago
You can cannibalize an AC compressor from a car. Alibaba has AC-compressors for as little as $1/pc. They are much cheaper, and much more common.
- Johnythree 11y ago
  Most car A/C compressors are belt driven from the engine, eg no electric motor so not much use for Solar operation.
  - warfangle 11y ago
    That's a good point - I didn't realize that. Still easy to cannibalize if you have an AC motor :)